[WikiEN-l] Please, no more personal attacks

Stan Shebs shebs at apple.com
Fri May 16 22:19:48 UTC 2003


james duffy wrote:

>
> Is there NO end to this nonsense?

There won't be as long as you keep trying to have the last word... :-)

> The facts are straight forward. The issue is closed.

I read Cunc as commenting only on your histrionic style.  In your first
sentence that I quote above, you characterize his complaints as "nonsense".
There are people and cultures for whom that alone is mortally offensive, and
yet you toss it off as if you think everybody will just automatically 
agree with
you.

Histrionics often work - many victims will yield a point in the hopes of
getting it to stop - which is why some people get into the habit.  ("It 
works,
so why stop?")  But it is a form of abusive behavior, and you shouldn't
do it.  Perhaps someday you'll find out that one of your targets is an
11-year-old girl trying her best, and you'll realize that you're simply
being a bully.

Stan






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